Archives for June 12, 2013

‘“We have had conversations with Colorado… I think it’s how far they want to move back. And you take the situation in Colorado and where there’s a new regime in there with Joe Sakic and Patrick Roy. I don’t think Patrick came in there with the idea of a long rebuild. So I think they might be willing to listen to a few things.”’

‘Neale will become the third Sabres broadcaster to have a plaque in the Hockey Hall of Fame, joining Jeanneret and Ted Darling (1984). Neale’s longtime partner on CBC’s “Hockey Night in Canada,” Bob Cole, won the award in 1996.’

‘Neale had been living in Buffalo about 20 years – “Once I found out you could get 30 beers for $18.95, I moved very quickly from Toronto,” he joked – when the Sabres recruited him to be their color analyst.’